When the metronome of our civilization stop ticking it will definitely collapse .
The metronome is the financial system, everything we do or don't everyday is based on it, it gives the price and determines the value of things.
The price and flow of commodities,the price and movement of goods, the price and value of currencies ,the price and worth of your work, everythings moves around because of it.
It has a life of it's own and it's way beyond the illusion of control and the greed of the traders ,banks,central banks, the IMF, governments ...
In their hubris they think they dominate this chaotic and unstable monster in some way.
What will be the catalyst and when ? That's the big question ...
The recent yield curve inversion in the US is quite a gigantic sign already,pervasive negative rates troughout the world another big one and currency and tarifs wars are just on top of it.
Furthermore you can add societal factors like the next US election that will just massively increase hysteria, Argentina probable default and poverty wave, Brexit,the Middle east clusterfuck, the non functional EU and what not .
But when it stops working and breaks down, in a few days stock markets will close to never reopen, banks will collapse, compagnies and countries will default into oblivion, and people will quickly lose faith and understand they have been scammed all along, panic will ensue and then it's total chaos ...